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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Urbanity  \Ur*ban"i*ty\,  n.  [L.  urbanitas  cf  F.  urbanit['e].] 
  1.  The  quality  or  state  of  being  urbane;  civility  or  courtesy 
  of  manners;  politeness;  refinement. 
 
  The  marquis  did  the  honors  of  his  house  with  the 
  urbanity  of  his  country.  --W.  Irving. 
 
  2.  Polite  wit;  facetiousness.  [Obs.]  --Dryden. 
 
  Raillery  in  the  sauce  of  civil  entertainment;  and 
  without  some  such  tincture  of  urbanity,  good  humor 
  falters.  --L'Estrange. 
 
  Syn:  Politeness;  suavity;  affability;  courtesy. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  urbanity 
  n  :  polished  courtesy;  elegance  of  manner 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  URBANITY,  n.  The  kind  of  civility  that  urban  observers  ascribe  to 
  dwellers  in  all  cities  but  New  York.  Its  commonest  expression  is 
  heard  in  the  words  "I  beg  your  pardon,"  and  it  is  not  consistent  with 
  disregard  of  the  rights  of  others 
 
  The  owner  of  a  powder  mill 
  Was  musing  on  a  distant  hill  -- 
  Something  his  mind  foreboded  -- 
  When  from  the  cloudless  sky  there  fell 
  A  deviled  human  kidney!  Well 
  The  man's  mill  had  exploded. 
  His  hat  he  lifted  from  his  head; 
  "I  beg  your  pardon,  sir,"  he  said 
  "I  didn't  know  'twas  loaded." 
  Swatkin




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